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. 2025 Jan 14;333(2):165-166.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.22169.

Cervical Cancer Mortality Among US Women Younger Than 25 Years, 1992-2021

Poria Dorali  1   2 , Haluk Damgacioglu  1   2 , Megan A Clarke  3 , Nicolas Wentzensen  3 , Brian C Orr  4 , Kalyani Sonawane  1   2 , Ashish A Deshmukh  1   2
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Cervical Cancer Mortality Among US Women Younger Than 25 Years, 1992-2021

Poria Dorali et al. JAMA. .
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This study examines trends in cervical cancer mortality in US women aged younger than 25 years before and after the introduction of human papillomavirus vaccines.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Sonawane reported receiving personal fees from Value Analytics Labs outside the submitted work. Dr Deshmukh reported receiving consulting fees from Value Analytics Labs and Merck outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Trends in Cervical Cancer Mortality Ratesa and Number of Cervical Cancer Deaths Among US Women Aged Younger Than 25 Years, 1992-2021
Squares represent observed cervical cancer mortality rates per 100 000 women. Dashed line represents the cervical cancer modeled trends. Solid line represents the cervical cancer projected trends. Projected trends were estimated based on the trends from 1992-1994 to 2013-2015 continuing to 2019-2021. Data retrieved from the National Center for Health Statistics database. aMortality rates were calculated as the number of deaths per 100 000 person-years and age-adjusted to the 2000 US population.
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